The Linguistics of Light: (Salt Modern Poets)

Since the mid 1980s, poetry has undergone an explosive and radical transformation in Britain. This textbook provides students of Creative Writing, English, MFAs and Cultural Studies, as well as the general reader, with an introduction to some of the most exciting and challenging poetry of our time. Selected from the Britain's most exciting new talent, this anthology celebrates the energy and dynamism of contemporary writing practice and presents an art that is socially engaged and politically committed, progressive and experimental, as well as international in scope and trajectory. Above all, this anthology reminds everyone that British poetry is still a dangerous and disturbing art, capable of shocking and challenging us, and dealing with social as well as personal extremes. Contains - thorough introduction to late modernist writing - a wide spectrum of contemporary British writing practice - poetry from leading figures of the British avant-garde - a broad range of recent performance poetry - examples of new political writing - poets of the British underground scene

Table of Contents:
Derek Jarman’s Garden, Dungeness First Naming Eden Postcard to my Brother The Quietest Hour Arkansas Spring Mother The Sabbath Sunday School The Word Annunciation Salome Holding the Head of Saint John the Baptist Dead Fox Arkansas in March Something that Happened Oxford, Again Hopper’s Canvas summertime couples Rooms – Sea Arriving in New York City House at Dusk Swans Maltas Beach Lilies Breakfast on Saturday Why Words Might Not Even if the Big Questions are Hard to Answer The Failing Light Autumn Salthouse Church Nightingale Winter Afternoon in Hampden Park The Anchor Remembrance Sunday Garra Rock Held Kispum Conundrum Carrion The Hour of the Wolf Cobwebs Between Things The Words to Say It My Father’s Tin Box The Fruit of Poetry Postcard of a Swan The Necessity of Judas Where We Begin The Words for Home Summer afternoon at the Cuckmere Miles from Litlington

About the Author :
Lisa Dart was born in Cornwall, but grew up in Orpington, Kent in England. After working for both the Open University and the University of Sussex for many years, she combines writing poetry with her commitment to gifted children as Head of Curriculum Enhancement at St Bede’s School. Her chapbook was published by Tall Lighthouse in 2005 and she was one of the four winners for the USA Grolier Prize 2004. Many of her poems have appeared in British poetry magazines. She has recently completed a doctorate in poetry and philosophy at the University of Sussex.